“Having come from a totalitarian country, the Soviet Union, and having seen the hardships that my family endured–both while there and trying to leave—I certainly am particularly sensitive to the stifling of individual liberties.”

—  Sergey Brin

Quartz: "Without Sergey Brin, Google has lost its healthy fear of authoritarianism" https://qz.com/1347623/without-sergey-brin-google-has-lost-its-fear-of-authoritarian-china/ (6 August 2018)

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